Episode 14 - "Sweet Release"

It's natural, it's delicious, it's everywhere, and it may be killing us. For years, sugar has been overlooked as a serious detriment to our health because of the manipulations of the sugar industry in both science and politics, but the lies are coming to light as the diseases caused by that deadly white powder threaten to overwhelm the health systems of the world.

Can we wake up to the danger this major health risk is posing in time or are we too addicted to that sweet release? Join us this week as we explore the how and why of sugar.

Chapters

• 00:20 Progress in the 21st Century
• 04:45The Scam
• 13:06 "Pure, White, and Deadly"
• 14:06 Ancel Keys
• 15:11 Seven Countries Study
• 17:10 Coca-cola continues the scam in 2015
• 19:54 The Start of Nutrition
• 24:18 Pendulum Swings
• 27:26 The Failure of the Scientific Method and Industry Infiltration
• 30:37 "This is Objective Science"
• 33:24 Publication Bias
• 36:43 Failure of Politics
• 38:52 Local Political Manipulation
• 39:52 What Can We Do?
• 41:12 Food Access
• 43:35 Food Affordabilty
• 46:39 Don't Shame
• 48:08 Avoid Bad Science

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